Fieberwahn
German, noun/ˈfiːbərˌvaːn/
Fieberwahn is spelled F-I-E-B-E-R-W-A-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fieberwahn is a German masculine noun meaning “febrile delirium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch erhöhte Körpertemperatur ausgelöste Beeinträchtigung der Wahrnehmung und des Bewusstseins”.
What does Fieberwahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefebrile delirium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch erhöhte Körpertemperatur ausgelöste Beeinträchtigung der Wahrnehmung und des Bewusstseins
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Fieberwahn
- Fieberwahns genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fieberwahn?
- /ˈfiːbərˌvaːn/
- [ˈfiː.bɐˌvaːn]
- [-ˌʋaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fieberwahn in German?
Fieberwahn appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).